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                                                                                                                                                                  Coping with Cancer
                                                                                                                                                                  "Tips" for Coping with Appendix Cancer, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, PMP and the Challenges of Cancer Treatment!


                                                                                                                                                                  Tips for Overcoming Holiday Season Depression

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                                                                                                                                                                  Pals share suggestions for overcoming depression


                                                                                                                                                                  Stress Relief!

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                                                                                                                                                                  31 Steps to Help Reduce Stress at Home and Work!
                                                                                                                                                                  Source: Positivity Toolbox

                                                                                                                                                                  Meet other cancer patients!

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                                                                                                                                                                  Join the PMP Pals and start talking with us today!


                                                                                                                                                                  Stress busters for patients and their families!

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                                                                                                                                                                  View this quick and encouraging slideshow featuring Ten Tips for Overcoming Stress!
                                                                                                                                                                  Source: Wed MD 09.13.11

                                                                                                                                                                  Our "Pal Mentors" help you prepare for and recuperate from medical treatment!

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                                                                                                                                                                  Our "Pal Mentors" are personally selected to help you!


                                                                                                                                                                  Our "Pal" Dr Larry Lachman Teaches us how to Cope with Cancer!
                                                                                                                                                                  View this video and hear Dr Larry's suggestions for overcoming the fear and anxiety from
                                                                                                                                                                  the diagnosis of cancer and treatment!


                                                                                                                                                                  Lessons Learned from Living with Cancer for Seven Years!

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                                                                                                                                                                  Seven Years of Coping with Cancer
                                                                                                                                                                  Source: Web MD

                                                                                                                                                                  Caregiver "Pal" Linda shares tips on beating PMP cancer with love and laughter!

                                                                                                                                                                  Couples Cope with Cancer!

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                                                                                                                                                                  Brian and Linda share suggestions for coping with cancer
                                                                                                                                                                  (and 50 years of marriage!


                                                                                                                                                                  Recommended Reading (by Pals and for Pals!)

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                                                                                                                                                                  Read how Appendix Cancer Pal, Robert, copes with appendiceal cancer by reading his series of books!

                                                                                                                                                                  You'll find links to his books, as well as other books recommended by your fellow Pals, here on our Recommended Reading page!

                                                                                                                                                                  Recommended Reading for Dads!


                                                                                                                                                                  The Council of Dads by Bruce Feiler

                                                                                                                                                                  My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

                                                                                                                                                                  A description of this book, from Amazon.com:

                                                                                                                                                                  "Bestselling author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they wonder what I thought? Would they yearn for my approval, my love, my voice?" Three days later he came up with a stirring idea of how he might give them that voice.He would reach out to six men from all the passages in his life, and ask them to be present in the passages in his daughters' lives. And he would call this group "The Council of Dads."

                                                                                                                                                                  Are you a cancer patient or caregiver of a patient who needs to release a bit of tension, anxiety and apprehension?

                                                                                                                                                                  We've all heard the saying that "laughter is the best medicine!"

                                                                                                                                                                  We're sharing articles that you may relate to. Some are bittersweet. Some will make you laugh out loud!


                                                                                                                                                                  Are you overwhelmed with advice about miracle "cures?"

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                                                                                                                                                                  "I know you mean well, but enough with the medical advice!"
                                                                                                                                                                  by Jennifer Goodman Linn



                                                                                                                                                                  Are you on overload from all the offers of "help" you've received?

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                                                                                                                                                                  "I know you mean well"
                                                                                                                                                                  Part Two by Jennifer Goodman Linn

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                                                                                                                                                                  The PMP Pals' Network updates our website 364 days per year with a wide variety of new information to keep you informed about maintaining optimal health!

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